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Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

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THOMAS VCALVIN COOK, OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-EIGHTHS TO W. J. MONTGOMERY, J. L. CROWELL, AND JOHN A. KIMMONS,

OF SAME PLACE.

DEvlcE FOR PLAcme TILES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,329, dated March27, 1894.

Application tiled August l0, 1893- Serial No. 482,859. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CALVIN COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Concord, in the county of Cabarrus and State of 5 NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Placing Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for placing ro tiles or linings intowells or excavations, and

o feet b to support the tile by its lower edge.

The arms are separated or held apart by means of a spring c as shown,and are lowered into the well or excavation by means of a rod, chain, orother suspending device d. When z 5 it is desired to place a tile inposition, it is placed upon the feet or bent ends b b, as shown in Fig.l, and lowered into the excavation. I then place over the suspendingdevlce d, a sleeve or collar e which as it de- 3o scends, strikes uponthe arms da, and draws or forces them inward toward each other, and

at the same time withdrawing the feet b from beneath the tile andallowing the latter to seat itself. The sleeve c, while of such size asto t freely within the tile, is not large enough 3 5 to pass over thefeet b, and hence when the device is raised, the sleeve or collar willalso be raised. When raised to the surface, the sleeve is removed,another tile placed upon the feet, and the device again lowered for arepetition of the operations described. While I prefer to employ aspring, it is not necessary, as the resiliency of the arms themselvesmay be suflicient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isV v In a device forplacing tiles &c., the combination with the arms a a bent laterally attheir lower ends to form feet b b, and connected at their upper ends; asuspending device; and a removable sleeve or collar adapted to belowered down upon the arms and force the same toward each other torelease the tile, but incapable ofpassing off the lower ends of thearms. 55

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS CALVIN COOK.

Witnesses:

G. W. TAYLOR, Tnos. W. SMITH.

